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From the opening scene, where a Kubrick monolith of a vending machine facilitates Josh and Melissa’s meet-cute, then conveniently flips down like a Murphy bed, director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli moves things along at a brisk pace.
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Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
In 2024, the county installed a Narcan vending machine in the sheriff’s office at 37W755 Route 38 in St. Charles.
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
Add to that: 24-hour cannabis delivery, mobile pot trucks, cannabis vending machines, and mail-order cannabis.
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John Burnett, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
Marion Chapter also donated $500 to help restock the school's two book vending machines.
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Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1895, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of vending machine was
circa 1895
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“Vending machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vending%20machine. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
vending machine
noun
: a machine from which one may get merchandise after putting in coins
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